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Saturday, January 29, 2011

All medications have side effects. They may be unpleasant to deal with, but there are ways you may be able to handle them.

Some medications have rare but serious side effects. With these medications, a potential side effect may be severe but the likelihood of experiencing that side effect is very small.

One important thing to remember is that staying on treatment is important in helping you manage your MS. If you aren’t happy with your treatment, talk to your doctor about different options before stopping treatment.

Choosing your MS medication is one of the most important decisions you and your doctor will make. That's why it's so important to weigh the potential benefits and risks of each MS therapy before making your decision. You may find that not taking the most effective therapy for you is more of a risk than the potential side effects of your MS therapy.

With any medication there is the potential for rare and serious side effects. Talk to your healthcare provider about any questions you may have about side effects.

Injection-related Side Effects

If you experience injection-site reactions such as swelling, redness, and pain, try:

Rotating your injection site-don't go back to a site for two weeks

Leaving a healthy amount of room between your injection sites

Placing something cold on the injection site before and after injection

Avoiding using perfumes or creams near the injection site

Washing your hands and the injection site with soap before injection

Unfortunately, some injection-site reactions are more severe and can't be treated, such as lipoatrophy (loss of fat cells that may cause a permanent dent at the injection site—there is no treatment available for this) and necrosis (destruction and death of the tissue surrounding the sites of injection).

For flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, and aches), talk to your healthcare provider, who may recommend the following:

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Friday, January 28, 2011

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease of the brain and the spinal cord. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis include fatigue, constipation, and incontinence.

Dietary supplements included in a systematic multiple sclerosis diet actually help alleviate weakness, constipation, and incontinence. There are three modes of dietary supplementation that may decrease the severity of attack:

*Providing food in excess

*Avoiding drugs that cause allergies

*Avoiding foods that produce toxic effects

Foods provided in excess:

Certain foods that are rich in protein and fiber should be added to the diet for multiple sclerosis patients. These include pulses, whole wheat, oats, brown rice, and green leafy vegetables. The multiple sclerosis diet should also include foods rich in essential oils such as cod liver oil.

Allergic food substances:
Patients on a multiple sclerosis diet should avoid certain food substances. The list includes milk and milk products, eggs, soy and its products, wheat, citrus fruits like oranges, tomatoes, fish, peanuts, and chocolate. With a multiple sclerosis diet, all of these food products should be stopped initially and then reintroduced one by one. Any allergic reactions observed after the introduction of any of these food products should be noted and eliminated.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Researchers from the National Network of Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence, in the first retrospective study of the response of children with multiple sclerosis to standard, or first-line, therapies, found that one-fifth of patients involved in the review required "second-line" treatments.

Results of the study, published online first in the December 2010 issue of the Archives of Neurology, also reported that Hispanic children with MS were more likely to experience "break-through disease" while receiving first-line therapies than non-Hispanic children.

E. Ann Yeh, MD, assistant professor of neurology at the University at Buffalo, is first author. The National Network of Pediatric MS Centers includes Stony Brook University, University of California - San Francisco, University of Alabama-Birmingham, The Mayo Clinic, and Massachusetts General Hospital, in addition to UB.

The review of data covering records of 243 children treated an average of 3.9 years showed that 144 (58%) stayed on their first therapy, primarily interferon beta, 65 (25.2%) were switched to one other therapy, 29 (11.2%) were switched twice, and 20 (7.8%) were switched three times.

While most children switched to other first-line MS drugs, 55 children, or 21.3 percent had to be switched to a variety of "second-line" drugs, such as broad spectrum chemotherapies and corticosteroids, results showed. These children had shown MS relapses or new brain lesions detected on MRI scans.

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January 25, 2011 BEING that I (Stuart Schlossman), have Vestibular problems AND Vertigo, I wanted to share the information found here, onVestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT)

What is VRT?

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an exercise-based program designed to promote central nervous system compensation for inner ear deficits. VRT can help with a variety of vestibular problems, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and the unilateral or bilateral vestibular hypofunction (reduced inner ear function on one or both sides) associated with Ménière’s disease, labyrinthitis, and vestibular neuritis. Even individuals with long-term unresolved inner ear disorders who have undergone a period of medical management with little or no success may benefit. VRT can also help people with an acute or abrupt loss of vestibular function following surgery for vestibular problems.

Why is VRT needed?

When the vestibular organs are damaged with disease or injury, the brain can no longer rely on them for accurate information about equilibrium and motion, often resulting in dizziness, vertigo, balance problems, and other symptoms. Many people are able to recover from these symptoms on their own after a few weeks of normal activity because the brain has adapted with a process called vestibular compensation.

However, if the vestibular compensation process is not successful, a person's ability to maintain posture and coordinate balance may become overly dependent on input from the eyes (vision) and muscles and joints (proprioception). In addition, the person may develop new patterns of head and body movement in an attempt to avoid dizziness and nausea. For example, a person with a vestibular disorder might adopt an exaggerated hip sway as a method of balancing, swivel the entire body rather than just the head when turning to look at something, or always look down at the floor to avoid what appears to be a confusing swirl of activity. Unfortunately, these strategies can make vestibular compensation even more difficult, worsening symptoms and often causing headache, muscle tension, and fatigue.

The goal of VRT is to retrain the brain to recognize and process signals from the vestibular system in coordination with vision and proprioception. This often involves desensitizing the balance system to movements that provoke symptoms.

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SYMPTOMS of MS

In multiple sclerosis , damage to the myelin in the central nervous system (CNS), and to the nerve fibers themselves, interferes with the transmission of nerve signals between the brain and spinal cord and other parts of the body. This disruption of nerve signals produces the primary symptoms of MS, which vary depending on where the damage has occurred.

Over the course of the disease, some symptoms will come and go, while others may be more lasting.

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